Graphic Scores

Included below are four examples of several graphic scores produced in 1974. The "compositions" were primarily improvisational, the scores suggesting forms and textures, as well as perhaps some degree of theater and whimsy. The "timing devices" used in the the piece below were three minute "hourglass" type egg timers. They were inverted at the beginning (first inversion) and once again (second inversion) after the first three minutes, the music ending after the second three minutes. If two or more players participated, each with a timer, they could either invert in unison at the beginning or stagger their entrances. Players had the option of jumping to a different line upon second inversion, a modulation not likely noticeable even if anyone had been paying attention. Several egg timers were tested and found to be 200% inaccurate, being in disagreement with each other as well as with themselves upon inversion. This discrepancy was considered desirable.

The FOCALIZATION series. FOCALIZATION NO. I is three feet wide, twice the width of the other scores (the score was made prior to mobile devices).

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